Ambulance Patient Compartment Structural Integrity Test to Support SAE J3027 Compliant Litter Systems J3102_202206

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/J3102_202206

Issuing Committee: Truck Crashworthiness Committee

Publisher: SAE International

Pages: 7

Rationale: This SAE Recommended Practice was developed by members of the SAE Truck Crashworthiness Committee in support of the ambulance industry’s need to apply science to the design and testing of the ambulance substructure to support the safe mounting of SAE J3027 compliant litter retention devices or systems used in the ambulance patient compartment. The Recommended Practice was validated collaboratively by industry and government partners through extensive testing funded and managed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Homeland Security and the Ambulance Manufacturers Division of the NTEA. Input loading for the dynamic testing was generated using the vehicle specific crash pulses described in SAE J2917, SAE J2956, and SAE J3044, respectively. An independent analysis of the testing methodology and resulting data was performed by government and private members of the automotive testing community. SAE J3102 has been reaffirmed to comply with the SAE Five-Year Review policy.